They want to live separately from the kuffar because the unbelievers are "unclean" (cf. quran 9:28). They are the "most vile of created beings" (quran 98:6), while the Muslims are the "best of people" (quran 3:110). Would this kind of supremacist segregationism be tolerated from any other group?

AN interest-free housing project aimed at
the Muslim community and boasting 100 per cent halal housing has sparked
a major row, with critics labelling it a discriminatory plan that could
lead to a Muslim enclave.

Qartaba Homes’ plan offers “100 per cent
Halal housing to the growing Muslim community of Australia” in the heart
of the northwestern Sydney suburb of Riverstone.

While the company has insisted people from
all religious backgrounds are free to take up the offer, it advises
that the loans are “100 per cent Halal” and a “chance to escape Riba
(interest)” because interest is a sin under Islamic law.

Qartaba Homes director Khurram Jawaid said
it was the real estate deal of a lifetime, open to Australians of all
faiths and backgrounds, but the state MP for Hawkesbury Ray Williams
said the project was divisive.

“I can only imagine the repercussions if a
developer were to advertise a new Judeo-Christian housing estate; they
would be hung, drawn and quartered,” Mr Williams said.

“I hardly think the advertisement for a
100 per cent halal Muslim housing community is inclusive; it’s very
divisive and I’m sure it will be viewed that way by the majority of
fair-minded Australians.”Blacktown councillor Alan Pendleton said the community was concerned it could turn into an enclave.

“There’s great concern about … what they
consider could be an enclave. (There’s a belief) you have to be a
Muslim, otherwise they won’t sell you a site,” Mr Pendleton said.

Whether they sell to you or not, who would want to live there?

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Australia: Plan for Muslim-only housing enclave

They want to live separately from the kuffar because the unbelievers are "unclean" (cf. quran 9:28). They are the "most vile of created beings" (quran 98:6), while the Muslims are the "best of people" (quran 3:110). Would this kind of supremacist segregationism be tolerated from any other group?

AN interest-free housing project aimed at
the Muslim community and boasting 100 per cent halal housing has sparked
a major row, with critics labelling it a discriminatory plan that could
lead to a Muslim enclave.

Qartaba Homes’ plan offers “100 per cent
Halal housing to the growing Muslim community of Australia” in the heart
of the northwestern Sydney suburb of Riverstone.

While the company has insisted people from
all religious backgrounds are free to take up the offer, it advises
that the loans are “100 per cent Halal” and a “chance to escape Riba
(interest)” because interest is a sin under Islamic law.

Qartaba Homes director Khurram Jawaid said
it was the real estate deal of a lifetime, open to Australians of all
faiths and backgrounds, but the state MP for Hawkesbury Ray Williams
said the project was divisive.

“I can only imagine the repercussions if a
developer were to advertise a new Judeo-Christian housing estate; they
would be hung, drawn and quartered,” Mr Williams said.

“I hardly think the advertisement for a
100 per cent halal Muslim housing community is inclusive; it’s very
divisive and I’m sure it will be viewed that way by the majority of
fair-minded Australians.”Blacktown councillor Alan Pendleton said the community was concerned it could turn into an enclave.

“There’s great concern about … what they
consider could be an enclave. (There’s a belief) you have to be a
Muslim, otherwise they won’t sell you a site,” Mr Pendleton said.